Game of Thrones Lemon Cakes

With Game of Thrones premiering tonight, I made some lemon cakes, Sansa Stark’s favorite.

Sansa was running out of patience now. “You have to come with me,” she told her sister firmly. “You can’t refuse the queen. Septa Mordane will expect you.”

Arya ignored her. She gave a hard yank with the brush. Nymeria growled and spun away, affronted. “Come back here!”

“There’s going to be lemon cakes and tea,” Sansa went on, all adult and reasonable. Lady brushed against her leg. Sansa scratched her ears the way she liked, and Lady sat beside her on her haunches, watching Arya chase Nymeria.

How the heck cooks manage to make lemon cakes while on the road is beyond me, but somehow Sansa manages to get some on the way to King’s Landing.

I was pretty scared to do them because they looked intimidating. I didn’t understand how the heck it you could get the pictured result from the recipe.

Surprisingly, it did turn out just as pictured, though mine were shorter due to me having 5 oz ramekins instead of 4 oz. I’m not sure if it’s the water level or if it’s from the lighter ingredients rising to the top, but the dark yellow “glaze” on top is really delicious, while the light yellow spongey cake part on the bottom just melts in your mouth. Very delicious!

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I made the lemon cakes from this recipe! It was quite delicious but SUPER Sweet. I would recommend using half or just over half the amount of sugar asked. Also I used 5 stoneware mugs because I had no ramekins. The cake part at the bottom didn’t cook as much as I had hoped, on top of adding an extra 15 minutes in the oven. Because they’re in mugs, I would also keep them covered in the foil for 35 instead of 25 minutes.

A wanted to ask: With adjustments, would a muffin tin work instead of ramekins?

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http://www.jabberjays.net/ Crystal

Oof, I think it’d be tough because you have to submerge it in water underneath while baking and when it comes to removing them, I can just imagine you tipping the tin over and all your cakes falling out!

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Chris

If it helps, I should have typed “muffin pan.” I have a 12-cup pan that I could just put a baking sheet over when its time to flip.

What I’m wondering is if the baking temp. or time (or anything else) will need adjusting for using metal instead of ceramic.

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http://www.jabberjays.net/ Crystal

I still don’t think it’s a good idea. These aren’t like cupcakes where you can just flip the pan over and catch them. They’re very delicate and foamy and if you flip the pan, I’m fairly certain they’ll either stick partially to the pan or go splat like someone Lysa Arryn throws out the Moon Door!

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Chris

Oh dear, certainly wouldn’t want that!

It seems ramekins are not readily available in my area but I’ve seen glass custard cups. Would those work as well? I’m a bit leery about ordering online. 0.o

Thanks for your insight!

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Chris

Finally found some ramekins and the cakes turned out amazing!

By the way, i have a can of coconut milk and another of coconut cream that have been whipering “use me.” I’m wondering if I can use either or both to sub the lemon and make coconut cakes.

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http://www.jabberjays.net/ Crystal

Oh man, coconut cakes sound amazing! I wonder if they would make those in Dorne?

I’m glad you were able to make the lemon cakes. Weren’t they light and tart and delish? I can totally understand why they’re Sansa’s favorite.

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Chris

Dorne would certainly work, and maybe somewhere south of Essos? I vaguely recall Danny facing a problem with planting olive trees in the free cities. I imagine a similar climate would work for coconut palms.

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Arya Stark

The links to the HBO recipe don’t work… :’C Can someone point me in the direction of the ramekin recipe, please?